MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.22,-104.94 Latitude: 34.22 Longitude: -104.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 113 1 950 562 2 900 1038 3 850 1535 SFC 847 1570 19.8 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 70 6 307.3 310.2 297.6 354.6 15.70 5 800 2056 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 100 14 308.4 311.1 297.1 352.4 14.50 6 750 2605 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 148 13 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.2 13.20 7 700 3186 11.0 10.2 95 0.8 10.5 219 19 314.7 316.8 296.5 349.6 11.25 8 650 3801 7.1 5.9 92 1.2 6.3 246 27 317.0 318.7 295.6 345.3 9.00 9 600 4456 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 268 33 319.6 321.1 295.4 344.5 7.79 10 550 5156 -1.1 -1.6 96 0.5 -1.3 276 36 322.8 324.0 295.0 343.0 6.21 11 500 5912 -4.8 -6.1 90 1.3 -5.4 284 35 327.2 328.2 295.1 343.4 4.86 12 450 6735 -8.6 -10.7 85 2.1 -9.5 294 34 332.4 333.2 295.6 345.3 3.75 13 400 7639 -14.2 -19.4 65 5.2 -16.0 298 30 336.5 336.9 295.3 343.9 2.06 14 350 8638 -21.4 -30.4 44 9.0 -23.4 297 29 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.1 0.87 15 300 9754 -30.7 -37.5 51 6.8 -31.7 306 27 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.1 0.51 16 250 11020 -40.8 -45.6 60 4.8 -41.2 329 25 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.26 17 200 12494 -54.0 -58.2 60 4.2 -54.1 353 20 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.07 18 150 14285 -66.1 -77.0 21 10.8 -66.2 289 22 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16702 -72.5 -84.3 15 11.9 -72.5 23 10 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.90 m Freezing level: 563.05 mb = 4973.43 m = 16316.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 565.96 mb = 4926.01 m = 16161.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.24 mb = 1778.90 m = 5836.22 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.66 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2164.57 m = 7101.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.77 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1109.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.36 mb = 2169.81 m = 7118.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.36 mb = 2223.85 m = 7296.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.36 mb = 2555.51 m = 8384.12 ft B at Equ Level: 21.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 436.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 187.57 m/s